Texture not appearing properly

[Ryder #I AM DEAD]

hello Guys,
I followed Helljumper's tutorial on 3d modelling. My texture is not showing properly and although the model is assigned to the correct bone it is not appearing there

1.It is assing to Lowerarm bones of both hands of the scout, the model is an armband.
2.Instead of the texture, white color is appearing.(its team colored)

Pics - http://i.imgur.com/apeMO.jpg

[HellJumper]

Just from looking at this I think your problem lies in your vmt file-- specifically I think your vmt is set up to use paint, but at the same time your vtf isn't. Thus it shows up like that in-game.

Just to be sure, try using the simplest possible vmt file:
Code:

"VertexlitGeneric"
{
    "$basetexture"         "texture_path"

}

For the positioning, you must have incorrectly assigned it to the bones.

[Ryder #I AM DEAD]

can i add you on steam and then we can talk in detail?

[HellJumper]

I hope you understand that I get a ton of friend requests for this very reason (of which I decline). I have other duties (work, school, research, etc). I think you can get your problem solved via this or the steam thread as many others have.

[Ryder #I AM DEAD]

Ok Well,
I used the vmt you provided(after changing the texture path of course) but i still have the same problem, all files are placed in the correct location.
Also my vmt or vtf is NOT set to use paint

[HellJumper]

You are sure that you applied your material properly before exporting? If you open your .smd file with notepad++ you can check to see if your material applied properly by looking at the texture name. You can copy/paste the first 30 lines of the smd file here (code tags) if you want me to take a look at it. Also, you might want to show me your vmt file.

[Ryder #I AM DEAD]

Okay
First the VMT's present in I:\Steam\steamapps\coolhaardik21\team fortress 2\tf\materials\models\player\items\scout
scout_armband_red.vmt -

"VertexlitGeneric"
{
	"$baseTexture" "models/player/items/scout/scout_armband_RED"
}

scout_armband_blu.vmt -

"VertexlitGeneric"
{
	"$baseTexture" "models/player/items/scout/scout_armband_BLU"
}

scout_armband.vmt -

"VertexlitGeneric"
{
    "$basetexture"         "models/player/items/scout/scout_armband"
}

Now the SMD located in I:\Steam\steamapps\coolhaardik21\team fortress 2\tf\models\player\items\scout
The first 30 lines of scout_armband.smd -

version 1
nodes
0 "bip_lowerArm_L" -1
1 "bip_lowerArm_R" -1
end
skeleton
time 0
0 17.400400 55.791882 -4.533324 -0.543959 -0.033180 0.711784
1 -17.400398 55.791855 -4.533324 2.597633 0.033179 -0.711784
end
triangles
player/items/scout/scout_armband_red.bmp
0 -21.021629 54.283337 -0.642062 -0.387807 0.661815 0.641566 0.891653 0.450465 1 1 1.000000
0 -21.000929 54.299671 -0.646399 -0.387807 0.661815 0.641566 0.895636 0.451508 1 1 1.000000
0 -21.032354 54.285679 -0.650961 -0.387807 0.661815 0.641566 0.891315 0.448119 1 1 1.000000
player/items/scout/scout_armband_red.bmp
0 -20.974052 54.335533 -0.667120 -0.387570 0.661924 0.641596 0.905452 0.450493 1 1 1.000000
0 -20.967861 54.355042 -0.683507 -0.387570 0.661924 0.641596 0.909354 0.448915 1 1 1.000000
0 -20.978584 54.357388 -0.692405 -0.387570 0.661924 0.641596 0.909392 0.446491 1 1 1.000000
player/items/scout/scout_armband_red.bmp
0 -20.975233 54.264244 -0.686794 0.388183 -0.660794 -0.642390 0.892397 0.440436 1 1 1.000000
0 -20.995934 54.247871 -0.682461 0.388183 -0.660794 -0.642390 0.887241 0.441559 1 1 1.000000
0 -21.006643 54.250229 -0.691358 0.388183 -0.660794 -0.642390 0.886768 0.444251 1 1 1.000000
player/items/scout/scout_armband_red.bmp
0 -20.942160 54.319595 -0.723903 0.388012 -0.661669 -0.641592 0.911401 0.438156 1 1 1.000000
0 -20.948345 54.300079 -0.707517 0.388012 -0.661669 -0.641592 0.905981 0.438321 1 1 1.000000
0 -20.952881 54.321938 -0.732802 0.388012 -0.661669 -0.641592 0.912565 0.440679 1 1 1.000000
player/items/scout/scout_armband_red.bmp
0 -21.153727 53.895897 -0.434001 0.388034 -0.661673 -0.641575 0.748394 0.300697 1 1 1.000000
0 -21.119062 53.942135 -0.460722 0.388034 -0.661673 -0.641575 0.767965 0.297522 1 1 1.000000

[HellJumper]

Firstly, why do you have three vmts? For a team-colored model you need only two (red/blue).

Secondly, your texture didn't apply properly as I suspected. You can fix this by re-exporting or by simply finding all instances of "player/items/scout/scout_armband_red.bmp" in your smd file and replacing them with "scout_armband_red.tga" (do this with notepad++).

Also, I noticed that your vmt files use lowercase red/blu but your vtfs use uppercase RED/BLU. This is bad form-- you should name both using the same style to avoid errors. So you should have two vmts and two vtfs named like this:

• scout_armband_red.vmt
  
• scout_armband_red.vtf
  
• scout_armband_blu.vmt
  
• scout_armband_blu.vtf

And the contents of your vmt files should be the following:

scout_armband_red.vmt

"VertexlitGeneric"
{
	"$baseTexture" "models/player/items/scout/scout_armband_red"
}

scout_armband_blue.vmt

"VertexlitGeneric"
{
	"$baseTexture" "models/player/items/scout/scout_armband_blu"
}

And your smd file should look like the following:

version 1
nodes
0 "bip_lowerArm_L" -1
1 "bip_lowerArm_R" -1
end
skeleton
time 0
0 17.400400 55.791882 -4.533324 -0.543959 -0.033180 0.711784
1 -17.400398 55.791855 -4.533324 2.597633 0.033179 -0.711784
end
triangles
scout_armband_red.tga
0 -21.021629 54.283337 -0.642062 -0.387807 0.661815 0.641566 0.891653 0.450465 1 1 1.000000
0 -21.000929 54.299671 -0.646399 -0.387807 0.661815 0.641566 0.895636 0.451508 1 1 1.000000
0 -21.032354 54.285679 -0.650961 -0.387807 0.661815 0.641566 0.891315 0.448119 1 1 1.000000
scout_armband_red.tga
0 -20.974052 54.335533 -0.667120 -0.387570 0.661924 0.641596 0.905452 0.450493 1 1 1.000000
0 -20.967861 54.355042 -0.683507 -0.387570 0.661924 0.641596 0.909354 0.448915 1 1 1.000000
0 -20.978584 54.357388 -0.692405 -0.387570 0.661924 0.641596 0.909392 0.446491 1 1 1.000000
scout_armband_red.tga
0 -20.975233 54.264244 -0.686794 0.388183 -0.660794 -0.642390 0.892397 0.440436 1 1 1.000000
0 -20.995934 54.247871 -0.682461 0.388183 -0.660794 -0.642390 0.887241 0.441559 1 1 1.000000
0 -21.006643 54.250229 -0.691358 0.388183 -0.660794 -0.642390 0.886768 0.444251 1 1 1.000000
scout_armband_red.tga
0 -20.942160 54.319595 -0.723903 0.388012 -0.661669 -0.641592 0.911401 0.438156 1 1 1.000000
0 -20.948345 54.300079 -0.707517 0.388012 -0.661669 -0.641592 0.905981 0.438321 1 1 1.000000
0 -20.952881 54.321938 -0.732802 0.388012 -0.661669 -0.641592 0.912565 0.440679 1 1 1.000000
scout_armband_red.tga
0 -21.153727 53.895897 -0.434001 0.388034 -0.661673 -0.641575 0.748394 0.300697 1 1 1.000000
0 -21.119062 53.942135 -0.460722 0.388034 -0.661673 -0.641575 0.767965 0.297522 1 1 1.000000

[Ryder #I AM DEAD]

I dont have 2 VTF'sI have only 1 VTF that is scout_armband.vtf
althouhg i do have scout_armband_BLU.tga amd scout_armband_RED.tga
can you help me through teamviewer?please come in group chat room..i will give you my teamviewer details

[HellJumper]

$cd "I:\Steam\steamapps\coolhaardik21\team fortress 2\tf\models\player\items\scout"
$modelname "player\items\scout\scout_armband.mdl"
$model "Body" "scout_armband.smd"

$cdmaterials "models\player\items\scout\"

$texturegroup "muff diving instructor"
{
	{ "scout_armband_red" }
	{ "scout_armband_blu" }
}

$surfaceprop "plastic"
$sequence idle "idle" loop fps 30.00
$collisionmodel "scout_armband.smd" {

$mass 2.0
$inertia 1.00
$damping 0.00
$rotdamping 0.00
}